Portal reloaded endings8/2/2023 I took a week off, then grudgingly headed back into Hearts of Stone. But if you’re not careful, she can still die even if you meant well.” You might break the curse on the Bloody Baron’s wife because that feels right. Act too fast, even for the right reasons, and there’s a cost. Heather pointed out that these questions might be some of the point of The Witcher 3: “Intentions are tricky, and The Witcher knows it. Who else in my life could I be ignorant of hurting? I used to be a prison chaplain for goodness’ sake - surely I should be good at feelings, even virtual ones? I started recalling all the real-life interactions where I think I’m putting other people’s needs ahead of my own, mining them for hidden failures. I couldn’t get over how spectacularly badly I’d done while thinking I was doing such a good job. It seems only right that the game is cloudy in the way it deals with your relationship, because that’s what it must have been like! It’s like, OK, here’s how I’m going to handle this girl, but what the fuck do I know? She might secretly be hating everything I’m telling her, just like in real life.”Įven though it was just a video game, I had a bit of a moral crisis. She’s her own person, with her own backstory and secret motives and cool sword. She returns to you, having been missing for ages, as an adult. Luke added, “Ciri isn’t some neutral character, an anvil for your actions like a party member in Persona, she’s Ciri. There wasn’t a save anywhere remotely far back enough to fix what I’d done.Īfter this we stole some horses. I debated going back and replaying, but I’m one of those idiots who mostly saves over their save files. I even thought at one point - up too late playing, a little drunk - that it was a shame I’ll probably never be a father since I could make this virtual daughter so happy.Īs my colleagues reminisced about their much better endings (or even their acceptable ones, because I wasn’t even a good enough dad to get that), I felt gutted, robbed. I’d weighed my words and acted according to my own instincts as much as the game would allow. It was embarrassing to admit the pride I’d felt in what I thought were excellent interactions with Ciri. I was shocked that these seemingly small moments mattered so much, but I was even more shocked that I had been so confident I’d been doing the right thing. There was a lot of incredulity about my skipping the snowball fight to go drinking, which I promptly watched on the internet while holding my head in my hands like Geralt in the Crone’s hut. My colleagues helped me piece together what I’d done. Who was this Geralt (with different hair, I might add!) pushing a drink at her while she sat with her chin in her hand? Which dad dragged her to brothels, so ignorant of her displeasure, when I had a whole catalogue of moments we’d hugged and laughed? I didn’t recognise the moments she remembered. As her flashbacks played out, I honestly thought they must have been from The Witcher 2. I was on the edge of my seat as Ciri went through the portal, like I was sending my daughter off to college. I took her to Skjall’s grave because obviously.ĭid you know those are pretty much all the wrong choices? Because I didn’t. I told her to calm down when she wanted to trash Avallac’h’s lab because I thought she’d later regret lashing out at a friend. I accompanied her to the meeting with the sorceresses because she seemed intimidated, and I wanted her to know I was there for the mundane dad stuff as well as the big fights. I didn’t take her to see the emperor because as far as I’m concerned he’s not her dad. I went with her to fight Imlerith because we were in this Wild Hunt thing together. I thought it was a valuable moment of growth for her, one both I and Geralt could stand to learn. I told Ciri she didn’t have to be good at everything when she was upset after the battle at Kaer Morhen. Honestly, I thought I was a pretty great dad. Now that we've wiped away the tears and closed the book on Geralt's adventures, it's time to talk about the end. The Witcher 3 has had a bunch of us under its spell for months now, but we're at a point where several of us on staff have now finished the game.
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